Title

Sir Walter Raleigh, English writer, poet, courtier, adventurer and explorer, (1821).Artist: J Fitler

Caption

Sir Walter Raleigh, English writer, poet, courtier, adventurer and explorer, (1821). Raleigh (1554-1618) was a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, who knighted him in 1585. In 1584-1589 he was involved in an unsuccessful attempt to establish a colony in North America, but did introduce tobacco and the potato to Britain from the New World. Accused of treason by Elizabeth's successor, James I, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London and eventually put to death in 1618.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1821

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C19_386

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,8Mb) / 12,3in x 15,7in / 3702 x 4717 (300dpi)

Keywords

England people male man men hat fashion country adventure body guy costume clothes beard English dress New World war location century explorer bearded concept Navy B&W sailor MONOCHROME adventurer ruff warfare sailors 17th century naval warfare black & white black and white B W 16th century sixteenth century seventeenth century The Print Collector Elizabethan the body Sir Walter Raleigh Walter Raleigh engraving portrait J Raleigh Walter Sir Walter Sir Walter Ralegh J Fitler J Thurston;Thurston Fitler J engraving portrait